Congrats Sunrise House
Nov 9, 2009 
Grand Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune | by Darrel Winwood
A hearty congratulations goes out this week to Grande Prairie's Youth Emergency Shelter Society which operates Sunrise House. Regular readers might remember that more than a month ago I told you about a contest GPYESS was engaged in via Twitter.
The shelter was trying to win a $500 donation from Servus Credit Union for being the first to get 500 votes in their favour through Twitter accounts. The contest was part of a program run by Servus called Young and Free Alberta which promotes banking to consumers under age 25. That program was originally created by the Common Wealth Credit Union which had branches here in Grande Prairie before it was taken over by Servus in a merger more than a year ago.
Long story short, GPYESS won the contest over youth shelters in Athabasca and Lloydminster which were also competing. I personally voted for the shelter and so the did the Daily Herald-Tribune. They were only two votes, but for anyone else who saw the votes and decided to follow suit, well done. It was an easy vote to make and at a youth shelter $500 can do a lot.
